Weekly Opinion: Social Media & Age 13

According to Facebook’s Terms of Service, “You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.” and according to Tumblr’s Terms of Service, “Subscriber certifies to Tumblr that if Subscriber is an individual (i.e., not a corporate entity), Subscriber is at least 13 years of age. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on Tumblr (including, for example, a name, address, telephone number or email address). ” and according to Xbox LIVE’s Terms of Use, “The Service is not intended for use by children under 13 without adult supervision“.

Add a reply to this post and talk about why you think these sites have set 13 as the age where you are allowed to set up your own account? Do you think it is fair that you are either not allowed to use an Internet site or must be supervised on the site until you are 13 years old? Why or why not? Make sure you reply in complete sentences using proper grammar and spelling.

Weekly Opinion: Cyberbullying

You have watched the movie, Adina’s Deck Episode 1: Skye’s Cyber Bullying Mystery and now it’s time to think about what you saw and offer your opinions on some things:

  1. What is cyber bullying?
  2. Often when people are bullied online or via text messages they don’t tell their parents or other adults about it. Why do you think this is the case?
  3. If you were being bullied online or via text messages, what are some things you could do?
  4. What do you think could happen to you if you were bullying someone online or via text messages?
  5. Do you think that being bullied online has more, less or the same effect as being bullied in person? Why do you feel that way?

Think about these questions and then reply to this post and answer them in complete sentences.

Favorite 6th Grade High-Tech Hearts

Each year billions of Conversation Hearts are sold for Valentine’s Day. Since food and computers don’t mix, St. Martin’s 6th graders created their own High Tech version of conversation hearts! Please visit each of the 6th graders High-Tech Hearts posts below and then vote for your favorite High-Tech Conversation Hearts. If you are a St. Martin’s 6th Grader, vote for your favorite that are NOT yours! If you are using Google Chrome as your browser, you may get a security warning about insecure content; it is okay to load the content.

Our High-Tech Hearts

Weekly Opinion: Favorite 1st Semester Assignment

Visit your ePortfolio site and check out the assignments that you completed in the first semester to decide which was your favorite. Don’t forget that creating your ePortfolio site was also a first semester assignment!

Decide which was your favorite and add a reply to this post telling me which was your favorite and why. Use only your first name and do not enter an email address. Remember to use complete sentences and proper grammar and spelling.